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For the second week running Arsene Wenger lamented his side’s sluggish start as Arsenal conceded two costly first half goals against Chelsea. While the Gunners certainly didn’t get the rub of the green from the officials, the boss accepted that the timidity which plagued his side against Manchester City again proved costly.
Juan Mata and Frank Lampard did the damage as the Blues dominated the first half and despite being on the back foot for much of the second half after Theo Walcott’s trike, Rafa Benitez’s side managed to hold on to the three points.
Speaking to press after the 2-1 defeat at Stamford Bridge, the boss said:
“Tactically we changed some things. Psychologically I felt we were more on the front foot.
“We had a similar start to Man City last week – didn’t really go for it, didn’t really defend well and gave too much room to Chelsea.
“On top of that, I feel we were a bit unlucky because it was a free kick on the first goal and it was not a penalty on the second goal. We were a bit unlucky. We didn’t play well in the first half.
“In the second half we came out with a different spirit, a different attitude and were much more dangerous and dominated the whole second half.
“Unfortunately, we didn’t come back. We didn’t make enough of our corners and free kicks and didn’t make enough of the chances we created. That’s why we lost the game. It’s very damaging for our position in the league and very difficult to swallow.”
Pretty much repeating himself, he continued, “We had a physical problem to get going today. In the second half it was much better. When you play every three days, it’s difficult to know.
“There’s a psychological ingredient in there for sure. I felt that in the last two games that we didn’t really go for it from the start.
“There’s a great spirit in the team. There’s great quality in the team. The team has to believe more in the quality we have. You could see with 10 men against Man City and today again that we can be dominant in the games. We have to [do that] from the start.”
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Just an ability problem.. Spend some money please Wenger, we need a goalscorer!
Wenger: Our bench is shit! Look at it! What game changing players are sitting there? Ox and Poldi were out but after that you are having us on.
Your recent comments seem to be implying your job as a manager, motivator and tactician is not your responsibility. Do you realize your, I repeat YOUR decisions in terms of squad, transfers and inspiration make me want to see your arse fired in May?
I agree Arsene’s decisions and his stubborn-ness deserve questioning. But i can guarantee you we’d be in a much worse position if he’d not stuck by us (and hopefully will continue to). He does deserve criticism… but i find it so strange that fans pile the blame on the one man whos really trying for the club as opposed to the players themselves. Bacary Sagna was Shit. Cazorla was Shit. Szczesny was Shit. Giroud bless him gives a lot but looks a buffoon most of the time. Vermaelen cant seem to perform these days. The only players delivery are Wilshire and Gibbs. The rest of the guys on the pitch couldnt find it within themselves to man up, knuckle down, and beat a bunch of rim job loving ruble chomping chavtastic cunt holes.
This man is getting paid £7 million a year, yet he can’t motivate the team. He doesn’t change formation, he can’t rotate the squad because its awful and never makes effective subs. Why are we putting up with this nonsense? Get a manager in who will work on defending, will work on set pieces, will change strategy to suit the opposition and most importantly will make some bloody signings. I’m fed up with his rhetorical bull. We are paying the most in the country if not the world to watch complete apathy on the pitch. Change has to happen!
Well said. Sometimes, reflecting on the team we have become, it almost seems like a bad dream. Sell your best players to your rivals. Sit on piles of cash. Watch Spurs and Chelsea finish below you the year before and spend big to overtake you the next. Defend poorly year after year when a team like Stoke show it can be trained into players what to do and when to do it. Watch players like Felliani, Dempsey, Ba, and Berbatov, who we CAN afford, and know have the EPL experience, sign for our rivals at decent prices. It’s not just Wenger, the owner and the board and the team working to increase the Arsenal footprint around the world do not deserve the money they are paid. They are failing. If I had the return they do in my job I would be fired and would have to have a good hard look at myself and my reason for working at all.
Is it me or does all good players coming to Arsenal start playing shit…as good as RVP was last season he seems to be much more deadly with MUFC.(as much as I hate to see it)…so question is what the f is happening at Arsenal..stopped my seasons, but its still ffing painfull to watch on TV…
That’s because he is surronded by his own kinds of persons = CUNTS
Cuntish atmosphere for a very cuntish player.
@kevs…think you are confused with what cunt means, if you do know what it means then you are applying the word correctly…..bottom line is most of the big players who left won tropies plus more pay to boot…
so who do you think is at loss here…
the answer is US the fans, not the player, nor the club board, its US.
They are all cunts for me.
Where was podolski today? Was he sick/injured or something?
Sick mate
Sick mate? Is that a new signing? Probably not, we know wenger is only in the market for the mexican footballer.
Nau juan.
Squad not good enough – motivation from manager not good enough. If neither are sorted within the next 10 days then is time for you to go AW…….
In my opinion, it is not an ability problem, it is a psychological one. Ramsey, Diaby and Cazorla have the ability to be very good, almost/ actual world class midfielders. However, they are second guessing themselves, trying to make sure every ball is the right ball. That is down to a lack of confidence. We require someone who, rather than having bags of technical quality, is a man feared and respected in the team, like Roy Keane, who can impart momentum to the team at crucial moments, be it a mazy run, thunderous shot or a very strong challenge.
Motivation wise, there are very few problems, as demonstrated by the incredible work rates in the second halves of both City and Chelsea games. The team does not want to lose, however, the players are mainly those who play well when their team mates are playing well.
Why the fuck haven’t we bought sneijder to help this team out with a winning psychology. 8.4 mill and Galatasary can’t afford more wages than us!!!
yes we already know that Mr Wnger has mental issues
You know what?, I agree with arsene about the physcological problem. I absolutely agree! as in Giroud isn’t physiologically stable to stick the ball into the net with three four chances he gets.
It’s a thing called quality arsene something you should be in the market looking for. Simple.
Giroud I like him in the air, he seems more physical and wants to get that head of his to every aerial ball. Strives for it actually, encouraging.
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..But once the ball hits the ground with giroud, just forget it. No real control of the ball, assumes opposition won’t vie for the ball when he has it at his feet. One little push and he’s off the ball, possesion lost. Scores with 1 chance after 101 other (well perhaps not that)
We’re not playing to his strengths you say? Well who is the manager?, who should change the tactics to suit him and if he knew he wouldn’t change tactics no matter what why sign him in the first place?.
“There’s a great spirit in the team. There’s great quality in the team.”
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[sick in mouth]
frightening that he continues with this line! up there with this is his greatest squad, gazidis saying rvp was sold for footballing reasons, and we want to sign top top quality players! why change the habit of the last few years if signings like gervinho and squillchi are anything to go by
There is quality in the team and spirit. Just not enough of it
Well, fix it! For fuck’s sake you are the goddamn manager.
I’ve defended Wenger even before January, but you know what? He needs to go. This isn’t working.
Problem solved and all that, eh? It’s amazing that all these smart people don’t see it as simply and clearly as you do. Very astute.
Mate don’t give me that crap. Look at the team. How else are you going to fix this asie from adding new, good players? This was our best starting 11 aside from Podolski I think, and did you look at our bench? And even if it’s fixed now, we are already too fucking far off from achieving ANYTHING this season. We couldn’t win against Bradford City. We win against Swansea on our fourth try(2-3, 0-2, 2-2 and then 1-0). We did not win against a big team yet this season. And Wenger goes on and on about how spending money is not the answer? I guess selling RVP was the answer then.
Even tthe nasty Spuds are competing against Manchester United. And their manager looks like he actually gives a shit about his crap team.
That Giroud miss & that foul (Right after) that wasn’t called against Coquelin (By Ramirez) changed the game.
Still Arsenal clearly weren’t ready for this game or the Man City game, actually Arsenal has really started well in most games. Wenger neglecting to by a few players were we need cover(ST/CDM/LB) has cost Arsenal big time. Sagna shouldn’t be playing every game, and by the way he’s been playing he shouldn’t be playing in any game (Seriously WhytheFuck is Jenkinson not playing at all or even making the bench). Cazorla went missing (Is he tired?). Even Diaby who hadn’t played in 3 months Wenger had him play 3 games in 10 days.
I’m starting to accept that we will probably finish out of the top 4 at this point, at least it will force Wenger and the board to make some serious changes(Wage structure, lack of a plan B, etc,etc).
So, Burak, you’d keep the manager and trust him implicitly, I suppose?
For goodness sake. There’s clearly a problem here, it’s alright to criticize the manager when he’s clearly not performing.
Apostolos: About the missed chance and the foul… If it had happened in the 80th it would be more of an excuse, but it happened closer to the 8th.
Moreover, kinda tired of needing excuses (the sending off last week, the non-call at Swansea, etc.). We played like crap for 60 minutes against a team that was struggling to win at home. What’s the excuse for that? These are Wenger’s players and his management that has put us where we are.
I’m not calling for him to get the sack. But he needs to change something, be it tactics, training, squad, spending habits. As it is, we are a club in decline. It’s late January. Look at the table. At this point in the season, the table doesn’t lie.
Finishing outside the top four won’t force Wenger and the board to make serious changes, we said that about finishing outside the top two a long time ago and since then what changes have been for the better? What changes have built upon the success of 2003/04 and the FA Cup in 2005 to bring us more success? Absolutely none.
@Rad Carrot, criticizing the manager is all fine and good, but I don’t hear solutions. I just hear whining…
“He needs to go. This isn’t working.”
^- I mean, sure… if you can fix the problem by replacing him. However, while you geniuses are at it, maybe you can explain to the new manager why Wenger is failing — it might help him succeed. …or don’t you know the answer to that?
@Ifaz, I didn’t say anything about adding new players… but I think we should. The original poster said nothing about adding new players, but I’m sure they think we should.
The point was about replacing Wenger. My question is: have you thought about what comes after that? What does this miracle manager need to do differently? “Spend money” is likely part of the correct, but horribly incomplete, answer.
By definition, Wenger is failing… yes, we get it. BUT, how do you fix it?
Oh fuck, you were the original poster. Well, what was I supposed to do? Read your mind about new players? I wholeheartedly agree… but “Wenger Out” is a partial (and only temporarily satisfying) solution. What comes after is an arguably more drawn out and painful recovery period than what we’re currently experiencing.
Burak – To me, your argument sounds thusly;
“Oh! We’ve burst a tyre. Does anyone know how to change it?”
*silence*
“Ah, well then the best course of action would be to keep driving.”
I don’t have to have an immediate solution. But it’s clear that keeping Wenger is not working. We have to try something else. How on Earth is he going to fix it? Keep holding press conferences about how the team might be ‘morally’ tired or some other shit?
Oh, wait.
@Rad Carrot, No, you don’t get it: by all means, replace him. He’s failing us.
I’m just saying that you might want to figure out why the tire has burst, so that the replacement tire can be chosen appropriately. One does not simply “try something else,” and get rid of the problem. You’d better give the job to someone who understands the problem and has a solution. So I’m asking you lot: what’s the problem?
Um, we’re 24 points behind the leaders?
It’s not my job to choose a new manager, nor do we, as fans, have to come up with a solution. That’s not what we get paid to do, nor do I have all the information or knowledge to make that kind of call.
We do, however, invest in our team. We invest money, time, support… so when this fails, we expect results. We expect something for our investment, and that’s not unreasonable.
I understand that change is scary, that criticizing a manager who has in previous years delivered us glory seems a little harsh now. But we, as fans, CAN demand change without knowing who to get. After all, we won’t have a say on who replaces Wenger anyway.
I disagree. It most certainly IS our job as fans to understand enough about football to appreciate whether a replacement for Wenger is or isn’t suitable. Are you going to be happy with any old idiot that replaces Wenger? I highly doubt it. So what is the criteria then? It’s easy enough to sack Wenger… but let’s see what you’ve got as a replacement and reasoning about why.
Or better yet… what would you change tactically? Or is your function limited to approving of success, disapproving of its opposite, and asking someone else to fix your problems?
Here’s my fucking reason: Wenger is Not Arsenal! The man is not the club!
Burak, I really don’t understand your reasoning.
I could give you five names of managers I would like, I could give you ten tactics I think would work. Doesn’t matter – none of those managers and none of the tactics will ever be used, so my point is entirely moot – I can’t prove anything as it’s all entirely theoretical. There’s really no point in speculating, as it’d just cause more arguments between the fans. (“You want Moyes?! Fuck that, I’d rather have Mourinho!” “We’d never get Mourinho, we’ll have to settle with Benitez!” etc etc.)
What isn’t theoretical, is the fact we’re losing, our team is unmotivated, our tactics clearly aren’t working and we’re so thin on depth we couldn’t even field a fucking striker on the bench today.
Don’t call fans on asking for change. By all means, give your own opinions about what you’d like to see, but just because a lot of us don’t doesn’t mean we haven’t a clue. It just means we want to be united in what we agree on, rather than speculating on things we don’t know enough about.
Well, whether you understood what I meant or not, you finally answered my question about what you think is wrong. It doesn’t matter who replaces him, if anyone at all, because it’s the changes that we need. The person (could very well be Wenger himself) needs to fix them. It’s still a pretty complicated task, but it’s a planning process that needs to go beyond just the first step of the necessary set of changes (e.g. sacking Wenger).
Burak, hearr yourself. If I could figure out the solution that easy then I should be the one earning £7m a year. Whoever comes in as Manager should figure out how to get the team winning again, afterall that’s why he was hired. Or am I mising something here?
If you look at what Michael Laudrup has done at Swansea with a fraction of Arsene’s budget and a lot less talent, the organization of there defense compared with the sloppy benny hill style of our own, shows that is not just about spending big money on big names, we have big names, but they don’t seem to be getting the proper direction’s or motivation.
We need a player that will come in and have an immediate impact to salvage this season, like Arshavin when he first came but with out all the being a load shit forever afterwards.
Llorente.
The simple reality is that this ‘Manager’ has long since lost the dressing room – in the footballing sense.
He can still give them big fat wads of cash, so of course those that remain still think he’s wonderful. But those that have left – most of the good ones – don’t.
Arsenal will qualify for the CL next season IF they win it this time. Draw your own conclusions at your local bookmakers as to the chances of that.
Stick with this Manger and enjoy the course of the long term decline that he’s bound upon.
If you want to see us win something, then you need to look beyond the Wenger era. Because it’s already dead, as far as success goes.
Sorry, but in what world has Wenger “lost the dressing room”? Not one player – past or present – has *ever* had a bad thing to say about the guy.
He’s got his weaknesses, sure, but that comment is just silly.
Look up the word “professional” and get back to me.
Good point catbiscuits the sad thing is all our star quality that have jumped ship say “Arsene Wenger was like a father to me and has taught me so much and help me become a man” yet they fuck off something just not right there
catbiscuits
Wenger is well thought of by former players and that might be a part of the problem. Our past and present teams tends lo lack discipline and you won’t be loved by everyone by instilling that. But we do need it. It’s like a boss that gets to nice and lose all the respect that makes the workers perform. He will be loved but the company will go bust.
Enough, enough, enough of your bull shit excuses arsene… Your the boss, either sort it out or fuck off… Now….
Same shit performances/excuses week in week out, can’t remember the last time we really imposed ourselves on a game.
An entire game? I’m not sure we have this season. We had an awesome 25 minutes or so against Reading. Of course somehow we fell behind 4-0 to Reading before that.
The Arsenal from around 2006-2011, that was a psychological problem.
He does come out with some shit doesn’t he.
Problem is these problems he is pointing out are of his making.
Sort them out Arsene,
Buy some decent players, and instill some REAL belief in the squad.
There is rotation problem common sir please fix it.this is getting painful.
Wenger would prefer to run our first-choice midfield into the ground, because a) he doesn’t have anyone of decent quality to rotate consistently with them, because b) he refuses to strengthen the squad properly.
It’s really unbelievable.
Saying that Wenger is “refusing” to spend or that he’s simply deluded or stingy doesn’t go anywhere close to explaining Arsenal’s present situation in terms of transfers and the squad. The club would never admit it, but it’s incredibly clear that Arsenal’s revenue situation ever since the move to the Emirates has been affecting – severely – the club’s transfer policy.
In Wenger’s first ten years, he was frugal, yes. But he made an average net transfer spend during that time. Since the move to the Emirates, boom: suddenly the club is making a net transfer profit, unlike any other team around or higher than us in the table. If you look at what else happened after the move to the Emirates, you notice two things:
(1) The wage bill rose massively, in line with the rest of the league – due in great part to the inflationary effects of teams like Chelsea and Man City.
(2) Matchday revenue plateaued and most importantly, commercial revenue was locked in at relatively meagre levels at a time when teams like Man Utd and Liverpool (never mind Man City’s sham “sponsorship” deal with Etihad) were signing massive deals.
Guess how the club has been making up the difference? Transfer policy. Forget Gazidis’ hollow assurances that Wenger has as much money to spend as he likes and that transfer policy hasn’t been affected by any other parts of the business: when the club moved to the Emirates, Arsenal went from a net spend of about £10 million a year to a net profit of £10 million a year. Simply putting that down to Wenger’s in-built frugality doesn’t explain why that sudden change occurred. And it also raises questions about whether a different manager would seriously have had the freedom to do things differently in recent times. What I would say is that the next manager of Arsenal will probably have much greater freedom to spend in future, precisely because of the self-imposed austerity that the club has gone through in the past few years.
I’m not saying that the club has actually got the formula right, by the way: in fact, to be clear, I don’t think it has got this right. I think the club has been too conservative and has been too fixated on saving up so that it will be in a position to spend powerfully in 2014 when the new sponsorship deals come in and FFP starts. It forgets that in the meantime, there’s a football team still running out on the pitch, and it underestimates how hard it has been to keep qualifying for the Champions League 15 years in a row. But my point is that the story of Arsenal’s woes doesn’t all come down to one stubborn, deluded manager – “Wenger out” is about as simplistic in that regard as “Wenger knows best”.
I don’t mean this as a defense of Wenger, I’m frustrated too, but my question is who would replace him? Pep would have been nice, but what are our other options when it comes to top class managers? (this is not a rhetorical question, I want to know who you guys are thinking about)
For starters, I think even a half-wit can manage it better than “this” Arsene!
I’m glad you’re not Stan Kroenke.
I am glad you are “Anon”…but yes, I am glad I am not Kroenke either, I love this club.
anyone alot of top managers would jump at the chance to manage us.
look at spuds dropped there manager that toke them to 4th and there doing better with this new manager…..
Change isn’t neccessarily a bad thing and can be a catalyst for improvement if the right decisions are made. Spurs have made both good and bad decisions though in recent memory… ‘Arry/AVB both look to have played a part in turning them into a top 4 club while Juande Ramos made them the punchline of every football joke at the time! Also Levy has shown how you can keep the purse strings tight, but still make improvements to the squad. Sentimentality however is quite dangerous and little good ever comes of it.
I don’t think I’m advocating ‘Wenger out!’ but something’s got to give.
Moyes maybe, bergkamp, laudrup. Who knows but I can’t have the argument that he can’t be replaced. How many had heard of wenger when dein first brought him to arsenal. Just because the candidates are not obvious it doesn’t mean thier aren’t any.
And surely that’s what Ivan and co are paid to do. In any big business succession planning is a priority but you have to have the will to change things and this board don’t have it.
Bergkamp won’t fly so I see no chance of him ever becoming a top manager. Still if we don’t qualify for the Champions League then he might be an option!
But if you look at the players being brought in do you really think that the guy who replaces wenger will be a top top exceptional quality replacement. It worries me.
No matter what you think of wenger its a big shame things seem to be ending this way. I always thought it would be old res nose that outstayed his welcome.
Not only that but this might be as much down to the board as wenger, so unless we find out the truth regarding spending then a new manager may suffer the same constraints as arsene and do a much worse job, who knows, we don’t have a clue what’s going on At the club and that’s the problem when making calls like wanting a new manager.
Its not a big ask for some honesty for the supporters is it. They seem to care more about external perception than that of the people who give up time and money to support their team.
I understand clubs cant reveal details of everything they do, but a consistent message would be nice. See press conferences as an example.
For me I think Jurgen Klopp has a lot of potential, keeps having to replace star players in his team yet they’re strong every year since he’s been in charge.
And I know it’s one potentially a lot of people may not agree with, but I always felt David Moyes is someone who could do a good job for us. He makes everton ruthlessly competitive every year on a shoe string, what might he be capable of with Arsenal’s facilities at hand?
Agree if there was chelski would have him, wenger just needs to start spending fucking money and bringing in quality to strengthen the squad
It scares me that Arsene will have a say in who succeeds him as the manager!
Who would replace Wenger?
1. It has to be someone young and hungry for success;
2. Has high respect as a player;
3. Played under great manager;
4. Has deep understanding of tactical game, defence especially;
5. Likes Arsenal as a club;
6. Able to command dressing room with an iron fist;
7. Should come from outside the club but preferably British;
I never thought I would ever say that: give the job to ….GARY NEVILL
What.
Just because he’s likeable as a pundit doesn’t mean we should straightaway get him. Even if he likes Arsenal, it’s only out of respect, not exactly affection.
Great pundit but fuck that not red nev
This is an excuse for keeping Wenger and frankly, I think it’s a weak and poor excuse. Everyone with a brain should know that replacing Wenger is not a panacea. However, not replacing him is basically ignoring the most consistent part of our problem over the last 8 years.
No one should be daft enough to believe that Wenger is irreplaceable. Pretty much any top tier manager would do, although they would have to spend the first year or so unloading all the garbage that Wenger et al have accumulated.
We need new ideas.
Give Dennis Bergkamp a chance.
I nominate Moyes, Klopp and Mourinho, in that order.
To be honest im really not up for sacking Arsene as yet although we have been terrible at times this season. But Im getting a bit annoyed with “who can we get in to replace him” it is a bit of an insult to the rest of the managers in the world. There are probably quite a few out there who are pretty good. You know Jurgen Klopp who alot of people have been shouting about and i admit im a fan of his aswell came from then second division Mainz to take over at Dortmund. Look and you shall find.
Mourinho would be nice! The link with Arsenal has been dismissed in the papers because he once called Wenger a ‘voyeur’. I had to look up what ‘voyeur’ meants, and although I found it quite offensive it also made me laugh!
Shit happens
Tel us something we don’t know Arsene. The bottom line is the boss is accountable for these poor starts to games. He has to get the team going from the first whistle not after half time. We always seem to have to respond to going behind in games and even when we go in front we seem to sit on the lead rather than go and confirm our dominance in games. All these problems Arsene points out to us rather than doing something about them. They say a managers personality is reflected in his team and at the moment the problem at Arsenal is there for all to see but he seems incapable of rectifying it. It’s sad to say but I believe things rant going to change whilst he is in charge, the players seem to be in a comfort zone due ton Arsene’s unwavering faith in them. If you ate not pushed to produce better then why should you? You can argue about the quality of players at his disposal but that is down to him and only him. Regardless of the quality, the effort commitment and desire is not good enough to represent our great club!!
Shouldn’t have loaned out the psychologist to WHU then.
“We didn’t make enough of our corners and free kicks and didn’t make enough of the chances we created.”
Then tell Theo to stop taking them!
Didn’t he blow all the corners he took? Cazorla should take them.
At the moment Arsene isn’t doing his job properly, he is pretty much repeating the same mistakes game after game. It isn’t the first time this season that this team have done a complete shit first half
Rephrase: “There’s always a psychological problem.”
On the old days we had Patrick Vieira to sort stuff out on the field.
Now we don’t. And haven’t won anything since.
bullshit! our defending has been shit for years now.And it has just gotten worse.I don’t get this whole’can take positives from 2nd half’ nonsense.How often have we carried the second half positivity into the next game?in PL so far only 5 times did we gi into halftime leading out of 22 matches.handfuckingbrake!
I can think of 7 million reasons why this psychological issue should go away very quickly
Wenger: “Diaby is the closest we have to Viera”
Isn’t something about that strange and oddly disturbing?
It’s like me saying that “I am the closest, in my family, we have to Brad Pitt. But that’s because no one in my family but me, is as tall as Brad…Yay!”
Bottomline: Forget Paddy, for the flying cunt…look ahead!!
Comment taken out of context. Good job.
It’s like someone saying “Yeah, your body frame is the most similar to Brad Pitt, you might thrive in nightclubs” and then you go off and say “Oh my God you’re saying I’m Brad Pitt? Jesus.”
Look, read. Arsene said Diaby’s build is the most similar to Vieira. Don’t be a sheep.
Oh, you are right! I forgot there might be people close to Arsene who really know what he means. Speaking of out of context comments, shouldn’t you be on the wrong side of North London?
“Wenger: There’s a psychological problem.”
No, Arsene, there’s a quality problem.
We’ve just sold the best striker in the Premier League and replaced him with Lee Chapman. We have a struggling back-four who aren’t being coached properly to defend. We have a 100k-a-week winger-cum-striker who is no more than average and usually doesn’t turn up. And worst of all we have a manager who is well and truly past it.
Even though fourth place is now in jeopardy, I bet you won’t buy. That’s why we’re fucked.
Please go now.
If he doesn’t buy, and we finish 6th, what happens? He has always said he honors his contract and he wouldn’t quit. Nobody has the balls to sack him. So do we go into next season with the same shit squad with zero chance of winning again?
I just don’t know what to think at this point. I mean, the guy is fucking crazy and nobody at the club has the gumption to tell him to pull his head out of his arse.
Would it really kill this club to fork over a shit load of money and buy falcao tonite? I think not.
If we finish below teams like Spurs and Everton, both with much smaller wage bills, then the Board should finally wake up and put Wenger out of our misery.
Enough is enough.
6th?
I don’t think we can qualify for the Europa League with the current “quality” squad.
They will not sack him no matter what. That’s why I asked the question. I’m really just don’t know what to think anymore. This has gone beyond anything I could ever have imagined. I know all teams go through the ups and downs. I saw some pretty bad arsenal sides when I was a kid in the 80′s, but this is like a repeating self inflicted injury. How many times can one guy shoot himself in the foot?
Spend some fucking money.
I thumbed up that one fatgooner because ive been comparing Giroud to Lee chapman all season.
It’s not too late to save this season but they need to show some intention . No more lies please, I support the club and resent being seen as unworthy of the truth and it’s turning us against you Arsene.
Giroud playing like he’s in a fucking beauty
contest.
He gets the ball and thinks no one will hassle
him for it. It’s football for gods sake, a physical
sport!
Haha
To be fair we are not exactly playing to his stengths. Got to improve our crossing if we are playing Giroud every week
I whole-heartedly agree Arsene, there is a great quality in this team but only when they can be arsed to play football which only seems to be half of the time.The quality of the squad is almost non-existent and needs augmenting.Just a DM and a Quality striker will put most squad issues to bed.
Wenger keeps mugging us off with his lame excuses. Address the fact that WE take good players and turn them into average players. Eg arshavin, podolski, giroud, cazorla, arteta. As much as you can say “they’re good”, I argue they were better at the club before arsenal. Even RVP’s movement looks stronger now at MUFC, much as i thought that’d be impossible. What the hell are you doing in training, Arsene?
Sorry but I can’t let this go. You’re using RVP as an example of us making players WORSE? Wenger was the one who decided to play him as a centre forward in the first place (much to everyone’s disgust at the time) and turned him into a world class striker. Watch his goals for us last season, he was fucking incredible. It shouldn’t be surprising that he’s still improving considering he hasn’t had a spell like this without injury for pretty much his whole career.
Tippy tappy bulls**t is what they’re doing in training. Whatever they’re doing it’s not translating into results.
RVP scored with a header today. Thats four headers he,s scored already.
How many for Arsenal?. I would guess about 10 in 7 seasons.
Giroud is one of the best headers of a ball in the epl but today was one of the first times that people were looking to cross to him.
Gibbs did an excellent job dribbling into dangerous positions but his crossing/passing/shooting is absolute sh!t and wasteful. How’s Giroud supposed to score headers when the crosses coming from the left are either fast-and-erratic, or accurate-and-travelling at 3mph.
If Leighton Baines were to join, he’d help ‘unleash’ the powers that are Podoloski and Giroud.
When Patrice Evra dribbles into similar positions, the opponents absolutely panic!
You can see opponents aren’t bothered at all when Gibbs gets into those situations because they already know his delivery is sh!t.
Get Leighton Baines!!!
Yeah it’s called “lack of balls”.
If we win the FA cup then I don’t particularly care about results such as these, short term thinking but a trophy should be the priority to bring the team together. It was once again annoying to see the team play well when there backs were against the wall, should have been like that from the 1st minute.
I’ve got a lot of time for the HFB and it’s hard not to ask for more end product (even if he does get some lovely assists), but he needs to up his efficiency lots.
Also, I see no harm in if we go trophy-less another manager be given a crack, Wenger made the new Arsenal but it doesn’t mean a different perspective shouldn’t exist.
You started this whole point with IF. Its always if with arsenal.
If martin atkinson had given the foul and spotted the dive we might have won today. But he didnt.
If we hadnt sold van persie we would be top. But we sold him.
If we win the fa cup you wont mind these losses. We wont win the fa cup. We have a team, bar a couple, of bottlers. They dont have the mentality of winners. We dont even have a proper captain.
Big big changes are required to get us back where we belong, i just hope its not too late to save this season.
Win the FA cup…i don’t think so mate
boring, boring. Arsenal.
It’s the same every time these days. Sick of it.
Game is quite simple: kick the ball, run, pass it and don’t let the bastard in different shirt score on you…
After the Arsenal match I was watching Spuds vs United … reduced to rooting for UNITED to win … who would have thought …
Fking pathetic from the gunners … reducing the fans to cheering for United
Years back, I used to root for spu*rs to beat United so Arsenal could win the league; But now, I root for United to beat spu*rs so Arsenal could take 4th spot. Fucking sums it all up.
I just wish there was someone at the club who could sack the useless cunt. Still, he will be losing them money soon so they’ll wake up and smell the coffee soon
Arsenal bench. Mannone, ramsey, arshavin, jenkinson, frimpong, koscienly, santos.
Manu bench. Rooney, Valencia, Hernandez, Smalling, Lindegaard, Ashley young, Buttner.
And we still wonder how we’re a whooping 22 points behind united. Shit bench when the squad is depleted and someone somewhere says we have a “good squad”. Fucking sad.
psychological problem really? who should have solved it ?????
Surprise! YOU should!
I’m so sick of hearing what a great spirit and togetherness this team has – its been blatantly obvious at times this season that they have anything but! But psychological or not, the main problem is we just don’t have enough good enough players!
So here we are, over halfway through the transfer window, Walcott contract out of the way, and who honestly believes that Arsene will significantly strengthen the squad? Anyone!? Of course he won’t its going to be the usual crap of looking for super super quality and not finding it, then going on to panic buy some crap player from the French league that no-ones heard of on deadline day.
So frustrating, I just don’t understand how so many fans can see the glaring problems in the team and club, and yet the guy who’s supposed to be one of the best managers in the world, either can’t see or refuses to see. I’ve been one of Arsene’s admirers for many years, but for myself and plenty others from some of these posts, patience and belief is almost gone.
Apologies for the rant, just getting very demoralised with the whole situation at our beloved club – I’ve reached a stage I thought I would never get to, and the last 3 or 4 games I literally haven’t been able to bring myself to watch. We’re just that frankly awful at the moment. The way we’re going we will be lucky to place higher than 10th come May.
Our talent level is far closer to Swansea and Norwich than it is to the Manchester teams.
God damn szny needs to go, he makes to many mistakes, last week he gifted City a goal, despite what Wenger says that was a penalty today, then he runs out of the goal and fucks up again leaving TV5 to save his ass!!
… Look at Cech he caught every ball where our silly pole in the goal seems to push/punch it away normally into the path of the teams players, at least for now he has stopped passing it defenders who are under pressure or taking to many touches and fucking up… but damn definitely one of worst keepers we have ever had.. worse than Almunia!!…. there I said it
You are not doing your job, you need to take a break away from football and most definitely away from our beloved club. The lack in depth in the team is there for all to see, having to keep playing the likes of Ramsey and Arshavin when they clearly aren’t first team material. Players like them would never get a game in any top club. If you don’t want to spend money then use your reserves, contrary to what some people might think some of our reserves are better then our first teamers. Just do something, anything, be more unpredictable, change formation during games, if we need more bite upfront and we are already losing stick 4 upfront and 3 at the back. Sagna needs some time off use Jenkinson, use people you have, if you don’t want to spend, rotation is vital. I know what the problem is at Arsenal it’s this idiot who just watches and does nothing different. Teams used to hate playing us but now you can see their mentality towards us has changed, they’ve figured us out and one by one know they can get something out of a game with us. WE NEED CHANGE!!!! WE ALL NEED CHANGE NOW!!!! STOP THE ROT
What Arsene has done for this club, is absolutely phenomenal. Without his dedication and hard work, we would not be contending for top 4. Before Wenger, Arsenal wasn’t exactly a consistently top club.
He came along, and season in, season out, has managed to finish in the top 4. We even won titles and cups in his early days.
Instead of taking momentum and building upon our success, we’ve slowly been declining. Yet we still qualify for the champions league.
The main reason we’ve not been genuine title contenders in recent years is because clubs like Chelski and Man Shitty are owned by billionaires who pump tonnes of money into their teams. Manure have consoledated their power and remained consistent, while teams like Everton and the cunty sp*ds always peck at the heels of Arsenal.
That’s reason number 1. 3 other reasons:
2.Building a new stadium, traning facility and all through a self sustaining financial system has taken the wind out of us. It means we need to sell to survive.
3.Dry spell. We haven’t won anything. This, without any doubt, plays on the minds of the players in tough games. Sometimes it can be inspire them, more often it frightens them and we fail to play with any authority (like today’s first half)
4.Wenger is being held back. Financially. Sure he himself gets a high wage (Not sure it’s 7million exactly, but nontheless, I personally think he is deserving of it), but that aside, our financial situation doesn’t really allow Arsene to go out and splash money, even though he constantly teases us.
Solution? Give Arsene another season after this. His decision making and reasoning, constant excuses and rambling on about things that just don’t add up, might piss you off. And it pisses me off too. But as long as he qualifies in the top 4 this season, I won’t be too upset.
I think he deserves to finally reap the rewards of all the building and planning he has made with Arsenal so far.
And maybe in the near future, he can become a director of some sorts, manning the projects behind Arsenal FC, as he has done for the last 17 years.
He deserves the chance. Recall all the beautiful memories of his first 10 years at Arsenal. The only reason you can even recall them is because of this man. What he has done for this club is incredible.
Give him the chance, chill the fuck out. Support your club and look at the bigger picture.
Arsenal WILL dominate English football, it’s only a matter of time.
Yadda yadda yadda…you AKB’s are always sprouting the same bullshit. Come up with something new FFS
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But when we don’t qualify for CL football this year – what then?
All four clubs in the CL will be strengthening. salford with their cunty big bucks. shitteh and the chavs with their billionaire owners. sp*ds with their unfathomable wealth. And us, with £100m in our hands. I can tell you right now all the good players that we could get will go to those other clubs, as they can not only pay as much as us, but also offer CL football.
Then Wenger will say something like, “obviously, it’s difficult finding the top, top players, fans will have to believe me when I say we’re working very hard, but it’s very, very difficult to get players of such quality when we didn’t qualify for the Champions League.”
Then Islington will sponteneously combust as the fuelled hatred of a million gooners burns the place to a crisp.
Top 4 blah blah blah. What’s the big deal about top4!!!? We gain entry to a competition we have no chance of winning and get a lod of cash that’s never spent.
This top 4 bollocks has to stop. Arsenal should be competing for the Premier League not ending up 20 point behind every season. They can’t even win a crummy domestic cup because we either bottle it or lose as soon as we face a decent time.
Wenger’s time is OVER. I wouldn’t trust him to spend any more money because quite frankly his scouting system is fucked and he can’t motivate the players or get the tactics right anyway. Today was another in 100 examples, sitting on the bench like a plum while Wilshere kept turning round with his arms outstretched begging him to do something about a failing system. Why wait until half-time, could have been 4-0 down by then.
At this point I’d take almost any other manager in the Premier League over Wenger, they’re all tactically superior at the very least.
Yeah, who the fuck wants to see their team playing the likes of Barcelona, Real Madrid and Inter every season?
Oh wait…every fucking fan, of every fucking team in the world does.
Some supporters are so blinded by their own idiocy it’s incredible.
As we’re not even going to make Top-4 this year, please spare Arsenal fans the indignity of playing Thursday nights in the Europa League and make sure we finish 7th-place or below!!!
You see what Europa League football has done to Newcastle, Liverpool, and Spurs – all of whom dropped points in the PL due to the needless hassle.
Just need to point out a few in return mate. Chelski and Man shitty are run by billionaires. Our two main shareholders are billionaires one as rich as Chelski’s. Everton constantly snapping at our heels. They are skint. Manure half a billion in debt yet they sign our best player because they wont give up the fight to win trophies.
If we had had a fully fit diabyesc player and a really great forward today we would probable squeaked a draw today at least. Still that would have made everyone happy till the next shitty 0-0 at the Emirates. But the defending is shit, the finishing is diabolical. the squad is lite. The team never starts the game appearing to be up to the task and is always up for believing any hype they manage to generate. And today was the day to bring on TH14. Yep today was the day. But shit we forgot to sign him or anyone FUCKING else. On the bright side only 22 points off the leader and nearly half the season still left.
Just love the ebb and flow of the football season, the large piles of shit thrown at us that we are expected to swallow. Just leaves a rather nasty taste in you mouth doesn’t it?
Arsene Wenger – if you can not motivate and inspire 11 millionaires to start a london derby with passion, aggression, concentration and desire,
Then you are not fit to manage this football club.
Wenger out ! I have no confidence in him anymore !
100k a week and Theo’s still on a trike???
This is becoming very boring.
in wenger I trusr
In Arsene We Trust
He is just taking the piss at this stage yeah?
I getting tired of watching us lose. I know Wenger is frustrating, but I know he isn’t stupid, i’m sure he can see where he is going wrong. People are complaining that he is doesn’t change the shape of the team, but he has been sticking to his tactics for as long as I can remember, even the successful years. Tactics is not the problem. We had enough chances to win this game. We missed Podolski’s decisiveness today.
If Wenger is as clever as i think he is, he will sign a striker. Not because Giroud sucks but just to add another dimension. Also, he will sign a striker because Arsenal F.C will lose a lot of money (if that means we fail to make the top 4)
If we do fail to qualify for the Champions League, Wenger, being the economist he is, will spend in the summer. I’m sure of it.
The only other manager I would like at Arsenal when Wenger’s contract ends is Roberto Martinez.
We didn’t miss Podolski, he’s lazy and does nothing. Whenever Arsenal lose some arsehole says it was because a player was injured etc. and when that player is back and we still fuck up you say it’s because we miss someone who was previously in the team when we lost. What a joke. Some supporters are so blinded by their own idiocy it’s incredible.
Have to say think Poldi done ok this season.
Almost funny goon if we dont make the champion league we will only be able to sign players a certain standard. maybe we can get say a Chamackh er Squillaci er denillson er park oh and a Bendtner…. ah wait.
Demba Ba WANTED to come here and he only cost GBP7.5mm!
Assuming we sign fuck-all rest of January, rotate Poldi/Giroud at center-forwards, put Theo back where he belongs on the right-wing, and promote Serge Gnabry to the first-team at left-wing.
“There’s a great spirit in the team. There’s great quality in the team.”
Keep sayin and you gonna believe it. But I don’t. And perhaps we don’t.
You used to be the best manager in football. Now you keep saying bullshits, and your only goal is to reach top four and make maximum profit.
Perhaps you are right. There is spirit and quality in the squad.
But what about you?
I love you Arsene but I’m losing faith bit by bit. Last 3 and a half years we have been going backward.
The fact that there is a psychological problem is YOUR FAULT.
You train and motivate these players.
I’m still confident of a top 4 finish but you haven’t been getting the best out of this group of players.
The team is unbalanced you say? WELL THEN FIX IT FOR FUCK’s SAKE YOU ARE THE MANAGER. YOU HAVE MONEY, come on Arsene motivate this lot or buy some new players. Preferably do both.
Wenger….you total muppet. If the same shit happens week after week after week…..isn’t the problem you and players?!? Times up…..piss off.
You know we talk alot and repeat everything. But one thing never changes, Arsene Wenger. I mean we made new signings, e.t.c but still something is holding us back. It’s Arsene Wenger and his stubborn old ways.
Spend some fucking money arsene!
With yesterday’s result vs. Chelski I think it’s safe to say Arsene WILL be spending some money before 31st Jan (it would be a public-relations disaster if he didn’t, and the need to avoid another PR-disaster is precisely the reason Theo Walcott was able to hold the club ransom and sign an over-generous contract).
Just hope that money is spent WISELY… as p!ssing away GBP20mm on someone who turns out to be a FLOP will certainly ‘shut the door’ on any proper spending this summer.
No need to despair everyone.Everything is on track.
We are in the same position we always are at this time of year.
We should still get 4th.
Even 5th or 6th will do because the champions league money
is spent on bad players or bad players who don’t play.
Focus on the league and the domestic cups..
Without a ten $ Billion plus Sugar daddy this is as good as it gets.
COYG
What can I say?
Well Wenger is a liar, he said he would be very busy in the transfer market, but up till now he hasn’t found that exceptional junk player from France. And he kept doing the same thing and kept giving us stupid and lame excuses.
Enough is enough, we are the only one that can put a stop to this if the stingy board can’t, how?…we make them pay by not investing in the club till a change is made and they show more ambition by winning trophies and making us happy rather than milk us dry of our hard earned money.
uh? possibly looking into the pay structure!! I believe that socialism does not translate into ambition on the pitch, most of the players and their sense of earning and driving force to win has taking a step back. The majority of players that join Arsenal started with an ambition to be the best in their positions and win the biggest competitions for one of the most beautiful playing teams in the world. Our problem has arisen over the past 7 years due to the sales of our top players. Although we can listen to Fifa and say that the stadium is our trophy, and we had no money after buying it, etc etc. I believe that this is only half the story and it is our failing pay system providing unproven players with funds they should have had to earn without finding adequate replacements that has caused this current blip. We have in place a system where more additional funds are spent on wages rather than transfers. What makes this a joke is that we spend almost the same amount on wages as the biggest spenders, and have a structure that see’s our best earning the same as the worst. This in turn does not create a winning environment it is more a way of players settling down and getting comfortable. It’s like an average Joe doing his brass 9-5 jobs or even worse signing on the JSA; turn up and earn some money, even if your not to good and we could pay someone better cheaper you’ll get paid for it and hopefully you’ll get better at it….. there is no fight for position its all to nice and don’t get me wrong, equal right is nice an all but do one if you think it works here because i could name nearly half the team i’d F-OFF in a second and replace with better counterparts and possibly pay them the same or less……
I have been a supporter for over 50 years and have suffered the full range of emotions that come with supporting Arsenal but we are now being treated as idiots.
To have the front to tell us that the sale of RVP was a footballing decision was mind numbingly dumb and told me that Wenger was willing to treat the fans with an utter contempt.He believed that we would make the top 4 and that that would placate us.
Truth is we won’t finish in the top 4. We have become a side competing regularly for the title to one finishing 30 points adrift; whilst you can churn out the unfair advantage of Chelsea and Man City, Man United have had restricted funds with the Glaziers so to fall so far behind smacks of bad management , bad policy or both.
Wenger will go down as our greatest manager but sadly it is time to change. If you review his performance over 1 year or any period up to over 7 years it says change. Who should replace him is unimportant I am sure Appleton is available.
Wenger is not our greatest manager, George Graham is. He gave Wenger the defence that won all those trophies, without that defence he’d have won fuck all. Graham won almost as much as Wenger, but also should be thanked for what he left him, because that defence gave us years more trophies. Chapman was also better than Wenger; a real tactical innovator – Wenger just changed diet.
Have a word with yourself.
Lehmann, Lauren, Cole, Campbell, Toure, Gilberto, Ljungberg, Vieira, Pires, Bergkamp, Henry.
All but one signed, or given their debut, by Wenger. Of the entire squad only Keown and Parlour played under Graham.
Commonly known as ‘The Invincibles’; and, unarguably, Arsenal’s greatest ever league side.
That’s a load of bull. Graham could have had a fantastic team after 1989 but he turned us into boring boring Arsenal. Yes, we won in 1991 but we became dull and defensive. Wenger made us an exciting team to watch and one to enjoy. That’s his greatest achievement. The thing that strikes me after reading So Paddy Got Up is the inordinate pride people have in Arsenal having so many fans on the Internet and so many sites in the top 20. But what’s so great about that when so many so-called Arsenal fans are whining moaners with a keyboard? Losing to Chelsea is bad but this season is nowhere near as awful as most of the seasons in the 1970s and 80s. And whatever you say about alternative managers, no one would be able to produce a consistent top 4 side for so many years with the limited funds that Wenger has had. No one.
Football fans are fickle.
The only one with psychological problems is you Professor thinking that this squad is anywhere near good enough to win the league. You oversee everything at this club so the buck stops with YOU. We are nowhere near good enough1 you keep banging on about how brilliant our squad is and how much you think a good run is just around the corner this is the worst squad I,ve seen in years!!! Shut up you deluded twat! We have no passion,no leaders,half the team look like they don’t give a shit. We seem to have no tactics and our defence gets worse and worse,they are a fucking disgrace. As fans we are all being taken for mugs by this embarrassment of a club. Enough is enough!!
Anyone who thinks wenger is the best man for arsenal is a cunt who needs a dry slap
nothing has changed. we are just playing the supporting role in the top part of the table while arming our rivals with players. wenger’s luck is running dry. he was lucky to have rvp fit last season that got us into 4th. this year who we got to save wenger’s ass? theo walcott?
You can criticise Arsene for recent decisions but to put his success down to George Graham is a rewriting of history. He changed the behaviour,brought in world class forwards,won titles and then rebuilt the side creating the best side ever seen in the premier/ division1. He did this making sufficient profits to fund a state of the art training ground and stadium.
The last 5 years have seen a series of baffling decisions and sadly it is time to change. In my view he is our greatest manager ever and though I wasn’t around for Herbert Chapman I reckon Arsene’s was the better.
I can’t help thinking that this isn’t all Wenger’s fault but of those above him on the board of directors holding the reins and using Arsene as the fall guy as they know his love and loyalty for the club and all his hard work stops him from just throwing the towel in, They are quite content to sell our best players for vast profit and charge over the top ticket prices to line their pockets and then use the guilt trip of having a beautifull stadium to shut us up. All the while Wenger has to go along with losing players like Van Persie. Fabregas and Nasri amongst others. (we have been steadily leaking the cream of our best players ever since the move from Highbury), and then has to try to replace the lost talent on a shoe string. We are constantly told the money is there if the right players come along but IS IT? Wenger has looked lost and worn the face of a troubled man for the last two seasons, I strongly believe that he is between a rock and a hard place, without trying to exscuse our demise and inevitable slip down the table and into mediocrity. If he stays he has to play by the Boards rules but can try to safeguard the team and the club but if he goes he walks and doesn’t ever get another chance to right the wrongs. Better the Devil you know syndrome. Gone are the days when the likes of Keown, Adams, Viera, Pires, Bergkamp and Henry have to go to Old Trafford and beat them in their own back yard to win the title,but you kmow that they have the talent to do it and probably will. Who remembers Keown bearing down on Van Nistleroy and screaming in his face after missing a penalty. I can’t quite see Merteseker having the same impact. A player who falls over his own feet and is out for a couple of months injured. And there lies the problem. With the exception of Arteta and Corzola we simply have not brought in the quility of players we need. If it is the Directors that are the real root of our problems then in the long term they are cutting off their noses to spite there faces but letting Wenger take the blame for it. Come on Arsenal, sort it out or let our not so long ago GREAT CLUB go down the pan and become a mid table team……… OR WORSE.
This must be a wake up call, Wenger and the board must know we are so far behind the top 3 plus spires.I don’t think were to far off.just a couple of world class players , don’t care what position, It will help the current squad.The team is crying out for a leader,remember a few years ago TH helping C.F. etc .is hard to keep the faith, but I really believe were not to far.
For me Diaby was the reason why we were outplayed in the first half. There was clearly confusion between him and Coquilan on who to mark. He seemed to leave his players and run for ones Coq already had covered.
You may watch the game again if you think I’m wrong.
Now what are the reasons behind it, the formation, the unfit player Diaby not having played many games or just his lack of defensive ability. I rest it on to you guys to analyse.
I think wenger has psychological issues. Its about time he put his hand up and took some responsibility for this team other than the bullshit he dribbles out. What i saw in the first half and what the commentator actually said was spot on. “this is an embarassement for everyone involved in arsenal football club, they do not even look like a team who believes they can finish mid table, let alone in the top 4″
The team need to believe in their quality? thats your fucking job wenger so do not palm it off onto anyone else but yourself.
Dave The board aren’t overpaid and there are no dividends paid to shareholders. This is not simply a question of transfers in and out it is about judgement of players over a long period. Almunia, Jenkinson, Schillaci, Djourou,Santos, Walcott, Denilson,Oxade-Chamberlain, Gervhino, Chamakah, that is one eleven off the cuff I’m certain there is another two teams without too much thought. And before people scream about either Walcott or Oxade-Chamberlain the transfer fees begs the question of payback.
I wasn’t trying to render Arsen blameless. But sometimes managers hands are tied to an extent, Look at Abramovich. He brings in players he wants regardless of whether the manager wants them or not. And I am sure that given the choice By wenger, Van Persie, Cesc and others would still be at the club and the likes of Arteta and Corzola would be adding to the quality of the squad. If the board want to sell a player for profit, my point is that it is Wenger that takes the flack. And i am sure that the directors are not short of a few bob. The company I worked for did work for one of the directors last year. Let’s just say that his home is the second largest property in london behind Buckingham palace. There are arguments for and against Wenger. No one can doubt his success and many teams including the likes of the one’s above us have copied the blue print layed down by Wenger. The difference is they have had the ambition and money and a board of directors that want success and not just to balance the books
Everton and the sp*ds are above us, without spending the money we have.
You know Wenger is all at sea with how he has a good squad yet today showed us how wrong he is. I mean we had to call on to Arshavin, a player (i say a fat ball of russian crab) who has not had games and is quite simply done and dusted with the club. That sums it up for me really, frimpong of all people was on the bench. A player who can’t get CHARLTON ATHLETIC to extend his deal in the championship! Yet he’s on the ARSENAL (percieved top club in europe) bench. I mean do you see how messed up all this is.
Today showed, we DO NOT HAVE A GOOD SQUAD. Coz one or two injuries and we suddenly look an average side who have to call on arshavin, frimpongs of this world. What shambles, what motherfucking shambles!.
I hate the way that watching my beloved arsenal nowadays doesn’t give me the same sense of satisfaction.
If we win, it’s: “And so we should have, it’s about time”.
And when we lose, it’s: *depressed again untill next Sat/sun*
I hope Arsene stays as manager forever. If he ever dies, I hope its far enough into the future that it would be possible download him into a neural net supercomputer and get those guys who made the holographic Tupac for Coachella festival to make us a holographic Arsene so he could be the gaffer forever and we could all get PHWS (Personal Holographic Wenger Systems – not Peter Hill-Wood Syndrome) to coach our kids and play chess with and whatnot.
Seriously though, he is still the one. Yes the team is shitter than it used to be, but he hasn’t suddenly got shit at managing football teams. We all know that the club’s only recently turned a corner financially and I think we could give the boss and the board a bit longer than half of the January transfer window to start investing the money/making the kinds of signings we dream of. Plus, actually suprising everyone and getting the walcott deal done is a fairly decent start.
Arsene is one of the best managers in world football. hes outrageously intelligent, revered and respected by (almost) evereybody in world football, loves Arsenal, and he’s not a cunt! how many other top managers can you say that about? Yes we need a change, but hes not it.
I guess I see Wenger as part of the team. Which he is. And he’s the only one in the team who knows what it means to win titles. To get better as a club we need to keep hold of our gems and get rid of the shit. Wilshere and Wenger (and maybe eventually Walcott) are gems. Squillaci is shit.
I love Arsene, I really do. He and his teams have given me great memories and incredible joy, but I fear his time is up. The reasons why;
1. The team appears to constantly make the same mistakes, to me this says Arsene isn’t coaching to prevent this or the players don’t listen, either way a massive problem.
2. Squad improvement is being ignored due faith in some players who are not good enough or always close to fitness. I’m not having a go at anyone in particular but we need ruthlessness and competition in the squad.
Potential replacements (with varying degrees of availability!)
From Germany-
Jurgen Klopp
Jurgen Klinsmann
Joachim Low
From Spain-
Quique Flores
Diego Simeone
From Italy-
Antonio Conte
Walter Mazzarri
From France-
Carlo Ancelotti
Remi Garde (remember him!)
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Please dont hate me for suggesting replacements! Wenger has been the best manager in our history but simply taking a step back you can see that things haven’t been great for a while. I feel that when I can correctly predict the starting eleven for every match over a season with about a 95% success rate, the tactics remain the same for every match and that any good signings he has made for the last few years have been identified on Bleacher Report of all places months before they’re signed then it might be time for a change.
People seem to believe he can’t be replaced but there are good managers out there who might not be totally useless and aren’t jose or pep!
Also on a slight side note. Unable to bear Sky Sports half time punditry I had a look at the individual wages of Chelsea and Arsenal players and was surprised that Mata is on less per week than Podolski, Walcott, Rosicky, Mert, Arshavin, Cazorla, Arteta and Vermaelen (as Chelsea are such big spending cunts!)
They got 2 goals that weren’t. We got 1 that was. On the whole Arsenal outperformed Chelsea today, in the last 15 mins of the first half and almost all the second half, apart from 2 breakaway chances Torres had.
That said, he did bring Arshavin on so think he may have been clutching at straws towards the end there.
Don’t know what game you watched, but I wish it was the same one I was watching….
Thevreal fans of the club should take heart of the 2nd half performances in both Msncity & Chelsea games & the domination of Swansea durin the FA Cup game. There were many positives & the team should capitalise pn that kind of effort for fiture games. These games demonstrate that the team can turn up for games if they want to. The manager needs to finetune these performances ecpecially the end product: goals!!! Giroud is not the replacement for RVP & he’ll far from it so far…so awenger has to realise it. Walcott has pace & has shown he can be deadlyif put through…but his offsides have been quite irritating, so the coaches need to sort that out…play him CF…he is getting our goals anyway even playin wide…and not Giroud.. Diaby fitness & form is not up to scratch…yes he needs games but not EPL games….mayb U-21 games for starters. Get him fit & proper first before throwin him into the deepend coz its costin the team with his lapse in possession. Podolski, Ox, Rosicky, Ramsey… & even Santos (left wing not left back!!) are options to rotate…not Arshavin!!
no more excuses!!!
hey mr.wenger, nextt day if we loose again, you should use some words like ”UTTER CRAP” or ‘WE’RE ACTUALLY SUCKS” or ”WE’RE SUCKS” or shiteeee…..
it’s better!
no more excuses!!!
buy some good players and you can start speaking about a f**kingtrophy.
Those may be words mate, but they’re not phrases.
exceptionally harsh double blow of the giroud missed chance and the mata goal put pay to the first half. I would say Wenger’s shortcomings are tactical on the whole-but then that comes from his awareness that the players aren’t capable,because he’s restricted to buying from tier2/3 of available talent.I get why people want a change of manager,but the next guy would be working within the same limiting framework.Any money arsenal have in the bank is staying there as an incentive to whoever Kroenke sells to,its not going to go to Arsene and until there is some headway in that situation anyone would be fighting with one arm tied behind their back.This is what depresses me so much-football is no longer an escape from reality,its just another lense through which to view capitalism and cronyism.So depressing.Killing the game.
fu**ing wenger wa*ker a*s li*kers all of them here
Wan*er had been sh*t,history of glory has been dead and now wen he leaves us,he will only be curced and not remembered for anything he has done in the past fekin son of **
Then fix it AW. Managers identify problems and fix them. This squad has players that were quality before they came to Arsenal. How many of you can name Everton’s first 11? Compare the quality there. Or that of Spurs. The point is, these, players are better than what they’re producing. I don’t know why the quality they showed at there previous clubs doesn’t show here. It just might be the way they’re been made to play or where to play. What ever the reason, the job of the Manager is to find a solution in training and if needed, change of players. If this team is unable to make the top four at the end of this season, then AW and the board need to think about doing something different. Which in all honesty it seems like they are trying that now (british core and all). But it’s not working on the pitch.
If RvP had stayed, nothing would have changed in terms of doing better than top four. He saw that, and chose ManU not because of the players but because of the ambition shown by Manager and the club. I just feel AW is content with not winning trophies and the players are therefore showing it. It’s psychological like AW says. Players play to their Manager’s ambition. So it starts with him.
I am really starting to doubt whether people on this blog are arsenal supporters or brand Arsene supporters,cos their love for wan*er shines brighter than the love for the club.Miserable people,abus*ng Van Persie when actual blame for selling him to manure lies with wenger dkhd.And some are so deluded that they think the board ties his hands in transfer market,pathe*ic cunttts.
when you have a lunatic man in charge of a football team,people can get psychological problems,don’t worry wannnker we will transport you to some 5 star asylum in France,where you will recive proper electric shocks on a regular basis.
fekin assssholes wengerites the termites eating up our club.
hey wenger,u always talk abt the mental strength, bt where is the mental strength in this team?? aftr hearing all your excuses day aftr day i m losing my mental strength…who will b there in d nxt game to shout “spend some fucking money”??
We lost cos of your lame judgement wenger.
Walcott looked the most potent player and wenger keeps on with the ineffective giroud centrally.
Should have brought giroud off, and let walcott play cf. Could have won us the game.
Cost us the game. Wenger’s yet another poor changes in the second half.
Never thought that I would say this but I think the players and not just at Arsenal but the entire PL need a wake up call. It would be best if the fans all stayed home for a game. Totally empty stadiums for a weekend would really shake up everything and let these privillaged players know how quickly we can take it away from them.
Let all those that says Wenger is working on a tight or limited budget go suck donkey ass*
How can all of u be so damn stupid, if the board aren’t doing what is necessary for him to be successful again at the club, why wait?
There is more to Wenger’s lying to us and taking us for fools than meets the eye. If the working conditions are not suitable for to give us trophies he should leave.
David Moyes is doing fabulously well at Everton with shit budget, that’s far less to ours and he doesn’t give silly excuses for being poor rather he improves.
What’s really sad is that finally, after so many years without a trophy, with the mismanagement of the whole club’s footballing policy, with lies about money/transfers, they have finally worn us down.
We know, halfway through January, that we’re not even going to finish in the top 4.
No more miracles, no more chances that the dirty scum will allow us to claw the points back and no player signings that could help us.
Like I said it’s sad, sad that this once great club would treat us, the mighty Gooners, with so much disrespect and contempt.
It’s you Mr Wenger who have psychological problem. 22 points away from the top and you are still keep telling how good this squad are. Any Arsenal player please prepare one bucket of water and pour it towards Mr Wenger.
when i read the title my immediate assumption was that Wenger was finally admitting his own short comings of late. ah well…..